Idris hummed as she walked around the syndicate’s base, quick footsteps caused her to turn on her heel and grab Sliv by the hand, she grinned. “Did you try to punch me just now?” she questioned. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvEEl7XS3f
Sliv laughed and pulled his hand from her grip, “just testing your reflexes. Looks like Protesilaus is teaching you well.” he spoke as he walked with her his hands shoved into his pockets. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqssKnCsMU
She smiled and closed her book, sticking it in her satchel. “Are you going to the cafe today?” she asked, he thought for a moment. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBl0RfM2mv
“Yeah, I think I have a shift to work. How about you? Where are you going?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2uxpkr56E
She shrugged. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbamjEnTaXv
“Zeph wanted me to go on a walk with him” she said, Sliv raised an eyebrow. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv067sGAiaV
“Zeph?” his nose scrunched up “since when did he take people on walks?” she cocked her head slightly. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYlCyxhkgq
“I don't know… well i should go, i think he said he was meeting me on the outskirts of Pogtopia.” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7A3J8R9dM
Sliv nodded. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCS7qJOW5As
“Come by the cafe later, okay!?” he called, she held up a hand with reassurance, he smiled.
Idris exited the building and stopped when she saw Zeph speaking with two taller men, it seemed hostile. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVBtUY622f
One man dressed in green and armor, his hair pulled into a small ponytail, the other in white and the same shining armor. One held a book that seemed to glow green hues. Idris raised an eyebrow, her ears twitching as she tried to listen in. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZYDs8XFtV
“I’m just reminiscing Dream. Nothing sneaky is happening out here, ight mate?” Zeph reassured them. Idris’s eyes narrowed. A sly smirk crossed Dream’s lips and he rolled his eyes, Idris took a step forward.233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6f75bdWAN
“Uhm, sorry, why are these people interrupting our walk?” she questioned, trying to get zeph out of this predicament. Zeph froze and chuckled nervously. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYvAd2UDtI
Dream stared before chuckling. “Now who’s this?” he purred circling her, she cringed disgusted as he took a lock of her hair into his hand with a small smile. Idris snarled, her eyes flashing purple, Dream jumped back. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2QvluyH6B
“She’s a student of mine.” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pL4X47BTy
“A student eh? I wasn’t aware you still taught…” he spoke slowly, not tearing his eyes from her as he returned to the other boy's side. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QTluUEkIt
Zeph shrugged. Idris shot Dream a look and he cracked a smirk, “well we’ll leave you to it then.” he spoke tossing something to Zeph as they walked away. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjR9s7ILgiI
“Don’t do anything i would do.” he mused. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wCZmtIXaF
Zeph sighed and pocketed whatever he tossed and Idris frowned. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOskRaeukI
“Sir, who was that?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnvejaIfkP
“That was Dream. A tyrant. Stay away from him, he’s bad news.” he spoke, Idris nodded. As he walked away, Idris took long strides to catch up with him. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyMod6nsY8
“So, why did you want me to walk with you?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYoQrVLKCD
Zeph sighed. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4VEUJswht
“The short or long story?” Idris shrugged. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQ3mvxOS5x
“Short?” Zeph nodded and directed her up a pair of broken stairs, hopping from step to step as if he did this daily, which he probably did. Idris took it carefully and he offered his hand, which she took. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TJBkkUlzL
“Wil is coming by the syndicate this morning, i assumed since you ran you wouldn’t want to be seen at a place like that by him” he spoke, Idris stared but smiled gently. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxJuhmLHn8
“Thank you..i didn’t know he knew about the syndicate” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVU04SoYCT
Zeph shrugged. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOE2r0JDnd5
“Yeah? I mean his brother is in it, he used to be against it until things happened.” he explained as they walked. “If anything I assume he called an audience with Protesilaus because of your disappearance.” he finished, Idris scowled. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gOVbiigg7
“I see”233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKwAAh4zNn
Zeph patted her head as he picked a bundle of white flowers off a tree. “That and I wanted to teach you different herbs while we were out.” he grinned. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlRuFaFxJS
She giggled. What a dork. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKOjThA2ry
“As an example this is a Mistyday flower, it only grows on trees like this” he smiled, offering her the flower. She took it with a smile. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvFeg2tRrW
“It’s beautiful…”233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5KgLTEP7O
“And quite poisonous if you ingest it” he chuckled, her eyes widened before softening she found comfort in that fact for some reason.233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeha3xTIp9
“Sir, if I may ask? What was the goddess of nightmares like?” she questioned, Zeph’s eyes flickered to her, he should’ve known she’d ask eventually. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpkKSMMFo7
“Well…I don't know much about her. But I know she could be manipulative and desperate, she was also known as a very powerful woman, the embodiment of evil before Dream could ever take that title. She could take control of people's bodies as if they were her own, she treated people as if they were mice and she was a cat. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvLhPXK018
No one ever liked her.” he explained. “In fact they avoided her” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6RmalWArl
Idris frowned and fidgeted with the gem she’d attached to a choker. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElluC1JdHI
“Was her death known?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TVaEHZXuS
Zeph shrugged. “No one actually knows how she died, people believe she’s just caged away somewhere far away. And if she did die, no one remembers.” he spoke cautiously. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVnuQvZO6E
“Odd…” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ibnz5aX72
Zeph nodded. “Isn’t it? I mean i’ve been tempted to look for her but i know that's the worst idea ever.” he chuckled to himself, Idris smiled as she picked a daisy. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLejfqVqXtN
“That is la marguerite” he said with a grin, Idris’s eyes lit up. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmrcgYu1Rs
“A daisy-?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanKvTYweyi
“So you know french. Your parents taught you well then” he smiled, She laughed lightly. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRCjiaY5x6
“Actually a former teacher of mine taught me it, she was amazing at it” Idris seemed to be sucked into a daze. “When she spoke French it was almost like she was a whole other being of light, like she could be a queen but not tyrannical. She had the ability to change her size and to guide souls across limbo.” she smiled, Zeph stared his cheeks turning pink. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauM9Aodta2
“Was your teacher perhaps the goddess of death?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvDxWwMCUW
Idris’s eyes widened and she laughed. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7Ri9DNFla
“Yeah!” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEomOic0el
Zeph’s eyes softened and he smiled, maybe Idris wasn’t as dangerous as that letter had said, especially if she was taught under Kristin’s wing. But there was always a chance… 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESYgN9qnzS
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Idris waved to Zeph as he disappeared back into the syndicate’s building, she hummed lightly and turned to walk away. As she walked aimlessly not knowing what to do she sang under her breath, a person nearby stopped and glanced around a tree to listen as she walked by. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbHYuYNJte
The man's eyes widening with awe. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4FJQzlTfr
She stumbled across a beautiful mansion, snow laid in patches on the grass and she shivered as the wind blew her hair over her shoulder. She made her way up the steps and pushed the door open. Cobwebs filled the house but it also looked well kept. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO4RbDWGO7
As she walked the floorboards creaked and she grinned. She always loved old homes, abandoned places. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZF8BGymoh4
Something creaked behind her and she whipped around. Nothing. “Hello?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzaNfoQ6Dx
No response, her heart started to race. Fear. she's never dealt with fear before…233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMn8p0mGJN
“Hello?” she called out again, nothing but then something wooshed by and appeared gracefully feet from her. Her eyes widened as she stood inches from a man who was only a few inches taller than her, someone that looked just like her. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhn0AIJxKB
“Who…? How did you do that-?” she questioned in awe of the way he just appeared. The man's lips twitched as they just stared into each other's eyes awkwardly before the man took a step back. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtes22xyPjo
“You're like me?” he questioned, she twitched. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWdqTUXsbR
“I don’t know what you mean?” she stated before taking in his appearance. No he was right. They were the same. The skin, patchy and hybrid, the eyes which shifted color, the attractiveness. The horns and pointed ears, Idris stumbled slightly. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWz4iGMcnXn
“Oh-!” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLRNqnqMfK
He chuckled and smiled catching her off guard, “uhm- sorry do you live here?” she questioned. The male shrugged. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5uZrzdKXA
“Something like that- um, can I ask your name?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMkKhBBJkM
She smiled, “of course. You can call me Idris” she grinned, he chuckled. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uiv6R0CIs
“Ranboo.” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIjuDbMcEQ
She looked around again before returning her gaze to the familiar male. “How did you do that?” she asked, he cocked his head, his ears jingling. “What? This-?” he vanished and appeared behind her, her eyes lit up as she spun around. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbq4VMb1ugi
“Yes! You must tell me.” she grinned, Ranboo chuckled and thought for a moment. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn76QmLKFN6
“I mean i can try, i’ve never really taught another endperson how to do so.” Idris shrugged. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmI3rfwAZZl
“It might take a while?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlpN8rgaBF
Idris grinned, that wasn’t a no. “I'm willing to wait” she grinned, he chuckled and ran slim fingers through split hair. That's when she noticed the way she could faintly see through his body. Was he…? Surely not. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihqZlABiIb
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Foils clashed and Idris spun on the ball of her foot, her vision blurred by the mask she wore as she landed her third hit on Protesilaus. He scoffed and then chuckled as they removed their masks, “you’re getting better. Almost as good as me” he grinned. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEE9fzUjxW
Idris wiped sweat from her forehead with a smirk. “Oh, I think we both know I'm already better than you,” she smirked, tying her hair into a ponytail. Protesilaus rolled his eyes and pulled his braided hair up into a bun, as they lowered masks Idris grinned. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xrrGoLPAr
“Round four?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocfhF8sk2P
He nodded and as soon as the bell rang she spun out of the way of his attack and grabbed his arm slamming him down onto the ground before twirling the foil and stabbing it into the foam mat below them, he flinched his head to the side with a chuckle. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0CyrasuE7
“I surrender” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvCRFlJnVy
Claps caught them off guard, “wow, the most well known war lord and anarchist surrendering to a woman. How nobel” they looked to the side and Idris’s eyes widened. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4fO1MsbYd
“D-dad-” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOCxSvZSWL
“Idris.” Wil’s tone went dark, she scowled. Protesilaus tucked his mask under his arm. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnE97YQRi2
“Wil, welcome back.” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAabLGSLRMQ
Idris shuffled away and disappeared into the bathroom to change, her body trembling. How did he- shit. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeLqsQTqrf
“May I ask how you knew Idris was here?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEwNKz2NF8
Wil shrugged fidgeting with a foil, “well she has nowhere else to go does she?” he questioned, Protesilaus chuckled. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqEmSrK6p1
“I guess you prove a point.”233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOLfupQw3q
Wil twirled the foil and snapped it down by his hip, raising a hand to his head. “Ready for orders sir” he mocked, Protesilaus shot him a look. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYVJLNG9Le
“Catch your daughter before she leaves” he rolled his eyes, Wil glanced back and sure enough, Idris was inching out the door. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqcgNKptq3
Wil sighed and snuck up on her, she squeaked and teleported away from him. His eyes widened and she scowled in his direction as she ran out of the building entirely. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SVW26siKu
“Did you know she could do that?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzlFndA3U9
Protesilaus shook his head. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAleA3AzsS
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Idris pulled her knees to her chest as she sat on a hill overlooking the massive lake nearby, she rested her chin on her knees and watched as birds flew by and foxes played. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8Ge6kEIHh
The grass crunched and she frowned. “Why are you even here?” she asked, Wil sighed and took a seat next to her. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnxaJ90Yd3
“Because I was worried.” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGnqekOQm0
Idris scowled as he let one leg extend out on the grass. “Worried.” she mumbled, he frowned. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN1sTzt4BX
“Idris…i’m not going to force you to go home. I just want to know why you ran…” he explained, Idris scowled the emotions stirring in her, causing her eyes to flicker from green to purple. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98rV5DQESR
“Dad killed my parents.”
Wilbur’s body froze. He didn't know what to say. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOPTwZhoqu
“i..Idris, they did horrible things to him and to humanity.” he fumbled over his words, Idris scowled. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmAkLnxCFZ
“That doesn’t justify their death.” Wilbur shrugged.233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSsMwnPvk5
“Maybe not, but it helped, did it not?” he questioned, her mind flickered back to Dream and she shook her head. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVCCrpTwV1
Wilbur raised an eyebrow. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRM1676sGhs
“What do you mean, no?” he questioned, she scoffed. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzPFVrdSoh
“You mean you didn't know your dad was getting threatened by Dream?” she snapped, standing up quickly. Wilbur didn’t move as the words echoed in his mind. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpq0brOrPpC
“Don’t claim to know things when you dont.” she hissed as she walked away, leaving the brunette staring down at the water. Dream threatened Phil? Hell no. He looked back for Idris who had slipped into the building again, greeted by a water nymph. A friend…she was happier here. He sighed and stood slowly, grabbing the stuff he tossed aside and making his way into the opposite direction of the syndicate.
Oh, he was going to exchange some words with Dream. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWl3mWsLrDp
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“Sir. you’re being called for a meeting.” Soul glanced up into the direction of the doors. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PBEFc5gca
“There was no scheduled meeting?” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2EfvbEGS5
The man shrugged as Soul rose from his seat and thanked him as he left the room. A meeting without warning? He pushed through the conference room doors where the council gods sat with concern on their faces, Soul took a seat. What was going on? 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRflsAIzF66
“Now that we’re all here” Crovan shut the door, Soul scowled. “Something…tragic has happened to a fellow god of ours.” he said slowly, Soul’s eyes widened. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTH7S8rNSS
Void.233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0I4vymG442
“Void Escalier has passed. His body was found charred to the bone, he tried to pass through a portal that was cursed and paid the price. I'm sure he didn't know…but he tried to pass into the realm of wither bearers. Tonight we will hold a ceremony for our dear friend.” Crovan spoke softly, Soul’s body went freezing cold. No. no way. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiFXtJ5ccs
Soul abruptly scooched his chair back and left the room in a flash finding himself vomiting into a vase. Kristin was there within an instant holding his hair back as he did so.
“You poor thing…” she mumbled, when he was done she pulled him into a tight hug where he found himself sobbing against her breast. The other gods frowned and exchanged sympathetic looks as they exited the conference room. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IjESMJRJm
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It was silent as the ceremony was held, Soul hiding away in the nearest corner as each person talked about the amazing things that Void had done. About his secrets and ideas. Soul scowled as he sipped from his glass of champagne, looking down at it he decided it wasn’t strong enough. He evidently left the ceremony as he made his way back to his office, filling his glass with something stronger as he sat on his desk and stared out at the stars. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTg92sX7PCY
Void did a lot of amazing things…and he was loyal. But he did have his flaws. Stupidity being one of them, he chuckled to himself as he sipped from his glass. The feeling of a burning sweet cyanide sensation mixing with his thoughts, he glanced down at a letter opener on his desk. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1N8Kk2m4C
Did he want to go with? 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvE2A6HaiwS
Wil burst in just as Soul was dragging his fingers across the smooth surface of the letter opener, Wilbur’s eyes widened and he grabbed it from him, tossing it aside. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDm9X5DU9P
“Dont.” 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyT4Kc7FIl
Soul looked at him with dazed eyes, the alcohol setting in. “wil…” he said it like he hadn’t seen him in years. Wilbur froze, his face turning red as Soul fell into his arms sloppily. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhICQFvjuY4
Wil sighed. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGcxYMSrYS
“Soul…” no response, Soul nuzzled into him. “Alex, I know it hurts to lose someone you love. Just don’t…try to feel anything” he assured, Soul scowled. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDNaHd8DDi
“I want to feel something though,” he mumbled, “something other than empty pain.” he explained. Wilbur didn’t know what to say to that, he frowned and pulled Soul closer against his chest hugging him tight for a few moments. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HlJXZEoAp
It was silent before Soul bit his lip and stood on his tip toes, feeling Wil’s cheeks so he knew somewhat where his lips would be before kissing his lips gently. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLTQlJ5v1y
Wilbur chuckled and held him by the small of the back, kissing his forehead. “I don’t think you want to do this, during Void’s funeral” he tried talking him out of it. Soul scowled and pulled Wilbur down by the collar. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpEqCicYgn
“You don’t know what I want.” he snapped, kissing him passionately. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvvUc1HT4C
Wilbur’s face looked like a thermometer, he hesitated but eventually gave in, holding him close and slowly backed them up against the desk. Soul pushed things aside, not breaking the kiss as he pulled himself up onto the tabletop. Something fell but he didn't mind it, Wil’s hands roamed every inch of Soul’s body. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWBEAWafM5
Wilbur planted a kiss onto Soul’s neck and he gasped gently, easing into Wil’s touch. 233Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtr25eQm1hy
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